A criminal complaint says Eunice Crain was able to call authorities before she died and when officers arrived, they found the couple dead with towels over their heads, lying in a pool of blood in the dining room. The suspect was in the bathroom with a blood-covered butcher knife and wounds on his neck and wrists, apparently self-inflicted.

The defendant is being held on $1 million cash bond.

WDIO-TV reports a status conference is scheduled May 27.

Crain's public defender did not immediately return a call for comment.